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So-net

So-net (ソネット, So-netto) is a Japanese internet service provider operated by Sony Network Communications Inc. (ソニーネットワークコミュニケーションズ株式会社, Sonī Network Communications Kabushiki Gaisha), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.

Company type

Subsidiary

Information and communication industry

November 1, 1995

Shinagawa Seaside TS Tower, 4-12-3 Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hirokazu Takagaki (President)[1]

1867 (as of 2023)[2]

Sony

www.sonynetwork.co.jp/corporation/en/

November 1995 – The operating company, Sony Communication Network Corporation (SCN) was established as a subsidiary of .

Sony

January 1996 – launched ISP business.

November 1997 – Released PostPet DX mail software.

November 1999 – Became the first Internet service provider (ISP) to obtain Privacy Mark.

August 2001 – started service.

ADSL

September 2001 – purchased WebOnline Networks, the operating company of "JustNet", from .

JustSystems

October 2001 – launched "Harbot" service.

April 2002 – merged with WebOnline Networks, Ltd.

May 2002 – started optical fiber connection service.

March 2003 – started service.

IP telephone

December 2005 – listed on the Mothers market of .

Tokyo Stock Exchange

October 2006 – changed its corporate name to So-net Entertainment Corporation.

July 2007 – Established MotionPortrait, Inc.

August 2007 – Acquired So-net Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary.

November 2007 – Relocated headquarters to Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

January 2008 – Listed on TSE 1st Section.

July 2008 – Acquired So-net Media Networks Corporation as a consolidated subsidiary.

March 2009 – So-net Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. signed a capital/business partnership contract with Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT).

February 2010 – Acquired the ISP business from USEN CORPORATION.

May 2011 – So-Net hacked from unknown IP address. Roughly $1225 in customer's redeemable gift points stolen.

[3]

July 2012 – Established So-net Business Associates Corporation.

December 2012 – Delisted from TSE 1st Section.

January 2013 – Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

April 2013 – So-net launches Nuro Hikari, a service that provides 2Gbit/s internet.[4] Initial markets include Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama in Japan.

FTTH

July 2013 – Changed company name to So-net Corporation.

April 2014 – Integrated “bit-drive” business, the Sony Business Solutions Corporation IT solutions service for corporations.

February 2015 – Launched “So-net Hikari Collaboration”

June 2015 – So-net launches Nuro Hikari 10G, a FTTH service that provides 10Gbit/s internet. The service leads 10G marketing war in Japan.[6]

[5]

July 2016 – Changed company name to Sony Network Communications Inc.

October 2016 – So-net launches nuro mobile, a (MVNO) operating on the NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank networks.

mobile virtual network operator

Comunication Services

Products and Services

IoT

AI Services

Solution Services

Sony Biz Network

So-net Game Studio

SoVeC

So-net Entertainment Taiwan

Sony Network Communication Europe

So-net

So-net Taiwan